Day 273

Breakfast:
1. Chocos with pomegranate & banana in cold milk

Midnight Dinner:
1. 3 Rotis
2. Bhindi

Day 272

Breakfast:
1. Chocos with cold milk, pomegranate & bananas
2. Coconut water
Satisfaction / Happiness Meter: 3/10 - Didn't enjoy breakfast much as my mind was on work. Oh well...

Lunch:
1. 3 Rotis
2. Mushroom with peas subzi

Dinner:
1. 2 rotis
2. Chicken curry
3. Bhindi
4. Curd

Day 271

Breakfast:
1. Chocos with cold milk & bananas
2. Coconut water
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 7/10 - Wasn't feeling all that great in the morning, but the breakfast, especially the banana and the milk helped wake me up.

Lunch: (Courtesy an event at the Taj Landsend, Bandra):
1. 1 Roti
2. Potato and leek chowder
3. Small portion Palak Paneer
4. Small portion Tandoori Murg Masala
5. Small portion Navratan Korma
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 7/10 - The Taj serves up some pretty tasty dishes. And since i had almost skipped lunch, i was hungry.

Dinner: (Courtesy Candies, Pali Hill, Bandra)
1. Mint Pesto Salad: Lettuce, bell peppers, oranges & tomato
2. Mini bites from a cheesy pasta dish, and cupcakes
3. Lemon Soda
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 9/10 - The meal wasn't all that good. The conversation with the honorary nutritionist was. Meals are generally better if you have someone interesting to talk to. I also ate early and slowly - so was surprisingly full after just the plate of 'ghaas phoos'.

Day 270

Breakfast:
1. Chocos with cold milk, pomegranate & banana
2. Coconut water
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 8/10 - Slowly eaten / drunk. Filled me up.

Lunch:
1. 3 Rotis
2. Scrambled egg with onions and tomatoes
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 6/10 - I made it a point to eat slowly, to see if it will keep me eating less. Didn't work. But, i feel quite sleepy after this meal.

Dinner:
1. 1 Roomali Roti
2. Scrambled paneer with corn, peas, onions and tomatoes
3. Prawn with corn & peas
4. Curd
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 7/10 - Came home tired & hungry, and ate slowly - could only manage 1 roti, but i think that was for the better. Didn't stuff myself, but felt satisfied.

Day 269

Breakfast:
1. Chocos with cold milk, pomegranate and bananas
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 8/10  - Good start to the day. Should try and include an egg in some manner. Am i right, honorary nutritionist? Or is there some other way to add on some protein?

Lunch (courtesy an event at the Trident, BKC):
1. 2 rotis
2. Small portion fettucine pasta with mushrooms, bell peppers & shredded chicken salad
3. Small portion shallots with green bean salad
4. Garlic potatoes
5. Chicken in coconut gravy (i think)
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 4/10 - Meh. Should've not had anything to eat here, and had the dabba waiting for me in office. Still, lunch at 3:30pm is not a good idea. But did i have a choice? Sure, i'll need to start making time for my food, kya?

Dinner:
1. 3 rotis
2. Prawns with corn, tomato & peas
3. Ilish in mustard sauce
Satisfaction / Happiness meter: 9/10 - I should've kept it to 2 rotis, but the ilish & the prawns with the corn & peas were beautifully cooked. Nice meal.

Day 268

Pre-Breakfast: 
1. Coconut Water

Breakfast: 
1. Chocos in cold milk with bananas, almonds, peanuts
2. 1 Methi ka paratha
3. 2 Chicken Sausages (boiled)

Mid-Snack:
1. 1 scoop Natural's Guava ice-cream

Lunch:
1. Rice with dal (cooked with jeera ka tadka), chicken kheema, gobhi

Snack:
1. 1 Apple & 1 Pear

Dinner:
1. 2 Prawns cooked with corn, tomato & peas
2. Arbi ki subzi
3. 3 Rotis

Dessert:
1. 1 scoop Natural's Mango ice-cream

The Purpose

Last week, as i was recovering from my war with typhoid, i was told by the doctor, the compounder, the chemist, my parents, my grand mum, the neighbourhood cat, dog, bitch, their pups, the society chairman, my boss, my coworkers, some of my friends, most of my acquaintances, the sparrow who came in to watch what i was up to at 7 in the morning at home, and many others to watch what i eat.

I did that for a bit, but it didn't help. I still felt hungry, and the food that lay before me didn't get magically ingested by my pupils.

So i asked a close friend - turned honorary nutritionist - for some help, and after whacking me with a rolled up newspaper, and then with a white glove, she sat me on her lap and explained why i was such a doofus. I was told to eat, but maintain a log of what i eat so that she, and well, anybody who read the (b)log could ponder over what i was eating to check whether i was eating right, eating healthy, and various other adjectives that you can suffix with the verb eating.

This blog will attempt to chronicle my eating habits daily, till i eventually forget to update it. And occasionally, i hope, posts from experts, commentators, and opinionated buffoons who analyse what i eat. I'll try not to infuse opinion with fact here, but hey, i get lonely, and i feel like talking sometimes.